Vegas Golden Knights vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction 10/20/26 NHL Picks Today

The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Vegas Golden Knights meet Tuesday in NHL action from the T-Mobile Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Vegas Golden Knights prediction.

Tampa Bay Lightning Recap

The Tampa Bay Lightning come into this game looking to add on to their 4-2 win over Vancouver last time out to sit at 6-2 this season. After this game, the Lightning will head on the road again for a game against the Colorado Avalanche.

Lightning Win 6 Of Last 7

Brandon Hagel leads the Tampa Bay Lightning through eight games this season with a team-high 11 points, totaling a team-leading 6 goals and 5 assists. Nikita Kucherov sits in second with 10 points on 3 goals and a team-leading 7 assists, while Jake Guentzel records 9 points with 4 goals and 5 assists. Brayden Point chips in 6 points with a goal and 5 assists, while Pontus Holmberg adds 5 points on 2 goals and 3 assists. John Carlson and Ilya Mikheyev occupy the next tier with 4 points each, with both contributing 2 goals and 2 assists. Anthony Cirelli and Victor Hedman record 3 points apiece, while Zemgus Girgensons, Charle-Edouard D’Astous, and Maxwell Crozier round out Tampa Bay’s primary scorers with 2 points each. In net, Andrei Vasilevskiy holds a 4-2-0 record with a 2.53 GAA and an .886 save percentage after stopping 117 of 132 shots, while Dennis Hildeby posts a 2-0-0 mark with a 2.01 GAA and a .920 save percentage after stopping 46 of 50 shots for the Lightning up to this point in the season.

Vegas Golden Knights Recap

The Vegas Golden Knights come into this game looking to add on to their 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins last time out to sit at 8-2 this season. After this game, the Golden Knights will head on the road for a game against the St. Louis Blues.

Golden Knights Win 3 Straight

Jack Eichel leads the Vegas Golden Knights through ten games this season with a team-high 18 points, totaling 5 goals and a team-leading 13 assists. Mark Stone sits in second with 14 points, leading the squad with 7 goals alongside 7 assists, while Mitch Marner records 11 points with 2 goals and 9 assists. Tomas Hertl, Ivan Barbashev, Trevor Connelly, and Brett Howden occupy the next tier with 7 points each, with Hertl, Connelly, and Howden each netting 4 goals while Barbashev contributes 7 assists. Brayden McNabb adds 6 points on 6 assists, while William Karlsson, Victor Olofsson, and Rasmus Andersson chip in 5 points apiece. Shea Theodore, Noah Hanifin, and Braeden Bowman round out Vegas’s primary contributors with 3 or 4 points each. In net, Carter Hart holds a 4-2-0 record with a 2.35 GAA and a .911 save percentage after stopping 143 of 157 shots, while Adin Hill remains undefeated at 4-0-0 with a 2.21 GAA and a .906 save percentage after stopping 87 of 96 shots for the Golden Knights up to this point in the season.

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Why the Vegas Golden Knights will win

• The Golden Knights have won seven of their last eight games.
• The Lightning have lost four of their last five road games following a win.
• The Lightning have failed to cover the puck line in 10 of their last 11 road games.
• The Golden Knights have covered the puck line in each of their last three games.
• The Lightning have lost the second period in each of their last six games as underdogs against Western Conference opponents when leading after the first period.

Why the Tampa Bay Lightning will win

• The underdogs have won five of the Lightning’s last six games at T-Mobile Arena.
• The Golden Knights have lost seven of their last nine games as home favorites against opponents on a winning streak.
• The Golden Knights have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last nine home games against Atlantic Division opponents.
• The Lightning have covered the puck line in each of their last seven games as underdogs following a win.
• The Golden Knights have lost the first period in each of their last six home games against Atlantic Division opponents.

Total Goals Facts

• Each of the Lightning’s last eight road games against Pacific Division opponents have gone OVER the total goals line.
• Five of the Golden Knights’ last six home games have gone OVER the total goals line.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1’ market has hit in each of the last eight games between the Lightning and Golden Knights.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1’ market has hit in each of the Lightning’s last six games against opponents on a winning streak.

Vegas Golden Knights Player Prop Facts

• Mark Stone has scored a goal in four of the Golden Knights’ last five home games against Atlantic Division opponents.
• Mitch Marner has recorded at least one assist in each of his last 15 home appearances against the Lightning.
• Jack Eichel ranks T1st in the league for multi-point games (6) this season.

Tampa Bay Lightning Player Prop Facts

• Nikita Kucherov has scored at least one goal in each of the Lightning’s last seven games against the Golden Knights.
• Nikita Kucherov has recorded at least one assist in each of the Lightning’s last eight road games against Pacific Division opponents.
• Nikita Kucherov has scored the last goal in four of the Lightning’s last five games against the Golden Knights.
• Brandon Hagel ranks T2nd in the league for multi-goal games (2) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Vegas Golden Knights rank 3rd in the league for goals per game this season (4.10).
• The Vegas Golden Knights are one of three teams to rank in the top 10 for both goals scored and goals conceded per game this season.
• The Tampa Bay Lightning rank 31st in the league in power play percentage this season (10.71%).
• The Tampa Bay Lightning rank 3rd in the league for shots per game this season (30.9).

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Vegas Golden Knights Prediction

I’m on the Golden Knights in this one. I get the case to be made for Tampa Bay being on par with Vegas, but both of these teams have been elite at home this season and the Lightning have had some bumps early on in terms of their play away from home. I think Vegas gets it done in this one so give me the Golden Knights.